Improvement in machines for cutting soles



distinti gisten @einem @Wire JOSEPH I-I.. BEAN, OF MARIETTA, OHIO.,

Letters Patent No. 108,435, dated October 18, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINES FOR CUTTING SCLES, c., FORYBOOTSAND SHOES.

The Schedule referred to 'm these Letters Patent and making part oi the same To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, JosEPH H. BEAN, of Marietta, in the county of Washington and State of Ohio, have invented a new and improved Dieing- Machinejfor Cutting Soles and other Forms of Leather for Boots and Shoes; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked and Figure 5, a detached view ot' the pivoted frames E and F and the double lever-G.

'Io enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will now proceed to de scribe fully its construction and manner of opera-4 tion.

A A represent the frame-work of the machine, which may be constructedvin any proper form. l

B B represent y-wheels upon a suitable shaft, b, which rests in bearings a' of. the frame A, as shown.

b represents a disk, eccentrically attached to'the shaft b at its center, about which is clasped the ring .ot' the pitmau C.

The other ond of the pitman, is connected to the levers d d1, which forms a toggle-joint of the ordinary construction.

The lower ends of the levers d are att-ached to threaded rods or standards di, supported in the sockets (Zby screw-washers d.

. The upper vends of the levers dl support the pivotcd frame E.

l1 represents an auxiliary frame, pivoted to the!l fraure E, which is provided with a suitable table, f,

for the reception kof the cutting-block, which is secured'therein by vmeans of a screw.

Cr represents a double lever, composed of similar parts g g1, united by the bar gi.

The lower portion 'of the' part r/ is extended to form ,a convenient handle.

rIheso levers are constructed with wide faces upon their short arms, which are causedto press against the table f of the frame F, by the action ot' the handle, when it is desired to raise the cutting-block up to the dies.

G represents the die-holder, whichisconnected to the frame in any suitable manner.

It is provided with a box for the reception of the cut forms of leather, and with groved iianges for the reception of the die-plates.

H represents a revolving die-plate, which 'is secured to the frame by means of a pin, It, which is forced into the socket h.

This may be provided with any desired forms Iof dies, and is used in connection with the cutting-block in the ordinary manner.

To give the die proper bearing, a plain plate, having a suitable opening, should be inserted into the flanges of the die-holder.

To prevent the circular die-plate from being accidentally revolved, I provide a spring, i, uponthe fra-me, which presses against it and secures it.

In iig'l is shown a die-plate of peculiar form, designed for cutting a pair of soles at one operation.

.By means of this die'the desired forms arecut without reversing the die or turning the leather, and

also without waste. i '.lhe machine may be 'operated by any desired power.

If foot-power is used, treadles are attached to the Revolving dies may be used, or the ordinary form,

at will.

The' machine, as a whole, is simple .in its construction and'efteetive in its action.

Having thus fully described my invention,

IVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Ratent of the United States, is f l. The revolving die-plate H, constructed as de# A scribed.

2. The double lever G, constructed specifically as described, and combined with the pivotfraine F, for the purpose set forth.

3. The standards 1F, washers d3, and sockets d, in` 

